County Novice and Juvenile Uneven Age

Kilkenny City Harriers complete a full sweep of shields as they clinch the overall “Bishop Shield” in the juvenile competition, the Novice Men’s Cup and the Novice Ladies Shield in Castlecomer on Sunday last. Castlecomer hosted day 2 of the Kilkenny County cross country with races for the uneven age juveniles and Novice A Men and Women. With all to play for in across all competitions the numbers attending were higher than the previous Sunday. Hosted superbly by Castlecomer AC and their committee again this year, the course was the typical cross country route with a tough hill, leaning into a slanted loop with plenty of cow pats to avoid along the way. The main 1000m loop was tough but manageable for all the juveniles on the day with the younger ages running two shortened sections, the U7 had 200m, while the U9 ran out in the 400m. The U7’s were off the line first under the starting orders of Bill Lacey St. Senan’s and Michael O’Keeffe Thomastown, rushing along the 200m with many of the last week’s medallists finishing in the top 10 again this week. Cara Gorman Thomastown led the girls home in 1^st place, while Ryan Quirke KCH took the U7 boy’s top spot. In the U9 girls 39 athletes took to the start to run the 400ms, with Betty Carroll KCH winning the girls race and Ben Lannon Thomastown taking the gold in the U9 boys 400m. The largest race of the day was the U11 girls that saw a staggering 56 girls competing in the 1000m. A great run from Ava Ledingham KCH saw her secure the gold and led her team home for first place too. The U11 boy’s 1^st and 2^nd team was won by the host club Castlecomer with Diarmuid Maher winning top spot followed swiftly by Cian Nolan. The U13 girls had slightly lower numbers compared to the U11 but still 36 runners kicked off the 2000m race that was won comfortably by Emily Maher Thomastown, with KCH taking the first team place. In the boys U13 Daniel McIntyre KCH took the honours over the 2000m and also led the team home to 1^st place, with Cian Shortall Gowran taking 2^nd and the Gowran team 2^nd. Abigail Hunt Gowran had another outstanding race in the girls U15 3000m to clinch the gold. Following on from her strong finish in the U14’s race last week, she took another gold pacing herself and executing the race with ease. Daniel Greene KCH ran away with the U15 3000m, with his club team mate Sam Woodcock taking 2^nd, and Peter Grimley Gowran was 3^rd and led his team to gold in the team event. The girls U17, U19 and Novice 3500m were all run together, with Emily O’Keeffe taking the U17 title, followed by Sophie Callery in 2^nd and Heidi Ryan in 3^rd. In the Ladies Novice KCH took the top spot and also the Ladies shield for the 1^st team. Tara Ronan was first home for KCH and also took the Ladies Novice title. Tara Brett KCH was 2^nd with Audrey Harrington Castlecomer taking the bronze. Gowran won 2^nd team. Lewis Morgan St. Senan’s clinched the U17 gold with ease, while his club mates Conor Bradly took 2^nd and Clemins Lange placed in 3^rd.  Kyrell Mtinsi KCH had a lovely strong run to win both U19 and Men’s Novice title and lead the harriers home to win the Men’s cup. The Men’s team competition was the tightest of the day with only two points separating KCH and Nuenna, KCH winning the shield on 22 points in the end. Massive congratulations to everyone who ran on the day, and thanks to Bob Saunders on his PA system, Elaine, Dave, Brian and Rocky on the finish line and everyone from the County Board running the day so well, and thanks to Castlecomer for another great event. Full results as follows:

BH: Barrow Harriers, CC: Castlecomer, G: Gowran, KCH: Kilkenny City Harriers, N:Nuenna, SJ: St. Joseph’s, SS: St. Senan’s, TT: Thomastown

Girls U7

1^st Cara Gorman, 2^nd Ava Conroy SJ, 3^rd Cara Murphy BH, 4^th Sive Crilly CC, 5^th Chloe Malone CC, 6^th Cara Smith TT, 7^th Lucy McEvoy BH, 8^th Kayla Nolan CC

Boys U7

1^st Rian Quirke KCH, 2^nd Bill Hogan CC, 3^rd Fionn Dowling CC, 4^th Conor Nolan CC, 5^th Eanna Byrne CC, 6^th Luke Quirke CC, 7^th Tom Ryan CC, 8^th Cillian Brennan CC, 9^th Sean Kehoe BH, 10^th Donnacha O’Malley CC, 11^th Paudie Maher CC

Girls U9

1^st Betty Carroll KCH, 2^nd Amelia Dunne TT, 3^rd Ava Murphy BH, 4^th Maebh Moseley G, 5^th Anna Conway SJ, 6^th Amelia Nolan CC, 7^th Sara Kelly SS, 8^th Erin Smyth TT, 9^th Shona Hogan SS, 10^th Molly Robinson KCH, 11^th Ruby Foster KCH, 12^th Mia Hoyne KCH, 13^th Brooke Cleere KCH, 14^th Fiadh Conroy SJ, 15^th Grace Comerford CC, 16^th Kelly Murphy BH, 17^th Bonnie Mae Courtney SS, 18^th Aoibhinn Smyth CC, 19^th Olive Coogan SS, 20^th Aoife Phelan SJ, 21^st Ella Burke KCH, 22^nd Caoileann Ni Dhubhda SS, 23^rd Ava Conroy SJ, 24^th Eve Langton KCH, 25^th Caoimhe Morrissey CC, 26^th Annie Fitzgerald BH, 27^th Amy Shore CC, 28^th Aine Fitzpatrick KCH, 29^th Grace Halley CC, 30^th Isabelle Hennessy SS, 31^st Rosa Walsh BH, 32^nd Anna Hayes KCH, 33^rd Autumn Grace Molloy KCH, 34^th Annie Frisby SS, 35^th Ciara Ryan CC, 36^th Penny Coakley SS, 37^th Zara Harrison SS, 38^th Rua Harding Wright KCH, 39^th Sadhbh Fogarty CC

Boys U9

1^st Ben Lannon TT, 2^nd Alex Fitpatrick CC, 3^rd Bill Dowling N, 4^th Jim Ryan TT, 5^th Robbie McNamara KCH, 6^th Fionn Quinn KCH, 7^th Michael Maher CC, 8^th Dara Brennan CC, 9^th Matthew Healy KCH, 10^th Ronan Cahill KCH, 11^th Luke Walsh KCH, 12^th Jack Kehoe BH, 13^th Fionn Dowling CC, 14^th Dara Behan KCH, 15^th Joe Kelly G, 16^th Sean Slane KCH, 17^th Shay Connolly SS, 18^th Fionn Maher CC, 19^th Tom Ryan CC, 20^th Seamus Costello KCH, 21^st Oisin Crilly CC, 22^nd Aodh O’Houlihan TT, 23^rd Ruben Beasly CC, 24^th Rowan Pollock G, 25^th Padric O’Shea KCH, 26^th Ollie Deevy CC, 27^th Kieran Maher G, 28^th Thomas Delahunty SS, 29^th Dillion Weadick KCH, 30^th Brady Redmond BH

Girls U11

1^st Ava Ledingham KCH, 2^nd Kate Kelly SS, 3^rd Tamson Clarke KCH, 4^th Amy Phelan G, 5^th Grace Nolan G, 6^th Sadie Ledingham KCH, 7th Elsie Clarke KCH, 8^th Sienna Harrison SS, 9^th Emma Malone CC, 10^th Aoife O’Keeffe G, 11^th Isabelle Langton KCH, 12^th Ava Smith TT, 13^th Maeve Nolan G, 14^th Grace Cuddihy KCH, 15^th Kate O’Keeffe BH, 16^th Julianne Doyle TT, 17^th Niamh Hoyne G, 18^th Beth Ann Doyle SS, 19^th Anna Murphy SJ, 20^th Sophie Hennessy BH, 21^st Mia Comerford CC, 22^nd Sara Phelan CC, 23^rd Lauren Millea KCH, 24^th Clodagh O’Connor KCH, 25^th Niamh Kehoe SJ, 26^th Maisie Victor KCH, 27^th Amelia MCGovern KCH, 28^th Megan Walsh BH, 29^th Heidi Connolly SS, 30^th Olivia Foster KCH, 31^st Megan Ryan SJ, 32^nd Haley Weadick KCH, 33^rd Ada Andrews KCH, 34^th Aisling Grennan SJ, 35^th Lara Perrie TT, 36^th Ciara Houlihan TT, 37^th Sadhbh Cantwell KCH, 38^th Briona Kennedy SJ, 39^th Maeve Conway SJ, 40^th Ada Fitzpatrick KCH, 41^st Grace Callahan CC, 42^nd Aveen Grenann SJ, 43^rd Aria McGovern SS, 44^th Anna Rose Gilmartin SS, 45^th Summer Rose Molloy KCH, 46^th Grace Kilbane SJ, 47^th Niamh Grennan SJ, 48^th Grace Quinn KCH, 49^th Roisin Kehoe BH, 50^th Niamh Walsh CC, 51^st Roisin Walsh Cc, 52^nd Una Butler SS, 53^rd Alisia Walsh N, 54^th Carys Kennedy KCH, 55^th Caoimhe Quirke N, 56^th Ada Vereker SJ

Team 1^st Kilkenny City Harriers A, 2^nd Gowran, 3^rd St. Senan’s

Boys U11

1^st Diarmuid Maher CC, 2^nd Cian Nolan CC, 3^rd Liam Houlihan TT, 4^th Matthew Fennelly TT, 5^th Tom Pollock G, 6^th Oisin Fogarty CC, 7^th Sean Vereker SJ, 8^th Ciaran Brennan CC, 9^th Patrick Comerford CC, 10^th Daire Smith CC, 11^th Caden Nolan CC, 12^th Tom Treacy BH, 13^th Conor McNamara KCH, 14^th Thomas Hunt G, 15^th Con O’Farrell G, 16^th Cathal Moloney KCH, 17^th Tom Dooley CC, 18^th Senan Ni Dhubhda SS, 19^th Jonah Cleere KCH, 20^th Cathal Wemyss TT, 21^st Bill Buggy CC, 22^nd Con Bergin KCH, 23^rd Seamus Crowley KCH, 24^th Conor Fagan KCH, 25^th Cillian Horan KCH, 26^th Robert Beasley CC, 27^th Joey Cadogan CC, 28^th Nicky Morrissey CC, 29^th Jack Ryan CC, 30^th Fran Doyle BH, 31^st Tadhg Lawlor CC, 32^nd Eddie Phelan SJ, 33^rd Noah Callinan CC, 34^th Ben Kavanagh SJ, 35^th Killian Byrne CC, 36^th Bill Hally CC, 37^th Micheal Butler TT, 38^th Caelan Kelly CC

Team: 1^st Castlecomer A, 2^nd Castlecomer B, 3^rd Thomastown

Girls U13

1^st Emily Maher TT, 2^nd Cara Burke KCH, 3^rd Molly Clarke KCH, 4^th Kate Malone CC, 5^th Lauren Malone CC, 6^th Sarah Collins TT, 7^th Eva Hoyne KCH, 8^th Siofra Croke O’Neill TT, 9^th Roisin Corrigan G, 10^th Aoibhe Dooley TT, 11^th Millie Fitzgerald BH, 12^th Millie Walsh SS, 13^th Winter Rose Molloy KCH, 14^th Emma Hayden G, 15^th Grace Grant SS, 16^th Emer Slane TT, 17^th Ailbhe Ni Dhubhda SS, 18^th Laoise Moseley G, 19^th Lia Maher CC, 20^th Grace Dormer CC, 21^st Aoife Green SJ, 22^nd Lauren Maher TT, 23^rd Jill Murphy BH, 24^th Ciara McEvoy BH, 25^th Ella Morrissey CC, 26^th Erin Hennessy SS, 27^th Saoirse Walsh SS, 28^th Ailbhe Walsh BH, 29^th Sophie Lannon SS, 30^th Ellen Butler SS

Team: 1^st Kilkenny City Harriers, 2^nd Thomastown, 3^rd Castlecomer

Boys U13

1^st Daniel McIntyre KCH, 2^nd Cian Shortall G, 3^rd Huw Morgan SS, 4^th Luke Hanlon TT, 5^th Reece Hetherington CC, 6^th Dylan Guilfoyle KCH, 7^th Daniel Quinn KCH, 8^th Henry Kelly G, 9^th Sam Minogue TT, 10^th Cillian Maher KCH, 11^th Dara O’Shea KCH, 12^th Darragh Glynn G, 13^th Liam Walsh BH, 14^th Conor Maher G, 15^th Con Sheehan KCH

Team 1^st Kilkenny City Harriers, 2^nd Gowran

Girls U15

1^st Abigail Hunt G, 2^nd Orla O’Keeffe KCH, 3^rd Laura Aylward SS, 4^th Alexander Fouassier G, 5^th Maeve O’Shea KCH, 6^th Casey Cleere KCH, 7^th Ava Hogan SS, 8^th Rosie Fitzgerald BH, 9^th Orla Maher CC, 10^th Aoibhinn Malone CC

Boys U15

1^st Daniel Greene KCH, 2^nd Sam Woodcock KCH, 3^rd Peter Grimley G, 4^th Jay Pollock G, 5^th Adam Shortall G, 6^th Lachlinn Halpin BH, 7^th Noah Doyle TT, 8^th Cian Larkin G, 9^th Matthew Byrne G

Team 1^st Gowran

Girls U17

1^st Emily O’Keeffe KCH, 2^nd Sophie Callery KCH, 3^rd Heidi Ryan KCH, 4^th Lucy Cunningham G

Novice Ladies

1^st Tara Ronan KCH, 2^nd Tara Brett KCH, 3^rd Audrey Harrington CC, 4^th Deirdre Galvin TT, 5^th Sheila Ahern G, 6^th Catherine Nolan KCH, 7^th Agnes Delahunty KCH, 8^th Katie Matthews KCH, 9^th Monica O’Reilly G, 10^th Marie Deegan G

Team 1^st Kilkenny City Harriers, 2^nd Gowran

Boys U17

1^st Lewis Morgan, 2^nd Conor Bradley SS, 3^rd Clemins Lange SS

Boys U19

1^st Kyrell Mtinsi KCH, 2^nd Finn O’Neill SS,

Novice Men

1^st Kyrell Mtinsi KCH, 2^nd Fintan White N, 3^rd Finn O’Neill SS, 4^th Fredrick Gourona KCH, 5^th Michael Bergin N, 6^th Paddy Aylward SS, 7^th Rory Lehane KCH, 8^th Joe Bergin N, 9^th Peter Bergin N, 10^th Ian Hayes KCH, 11^th Jaoa Horta SS, 12^th Brendan O’Driscoll KCH, 13^th Paul Mahon G, 14^th Trevor Spillane KCH, 15^th Thomas Meehan KCH, 16^th James O’Reilly G, 17^th Brendan Maddox SS, 18^th Micheal Duffy G, 19^th George Carpendale SS, 20^th Shay Kelleher G, 21^st Patrick Kennedy N, 22^nd TJ Bowden N, 23^rd Matthew Ryan G, 24^th Gerry Walsh TT, 25^th Louis Drennan TT, 26^th Richard Ryan TT

Team 1^st Kilkenny City Harriers, 2^nd Nuenna, 3^rd St. Senan’s